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Abutting vs Adjacent - What's the difference?

abutting | adjacent | Synonyms |

Adjacent is a synonym of abutting.



As adjectives the difference between abutting and adjacent

is that abutting is that which abuts or serves as an abutment while adjacent is lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

As a verb abutting

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun adjacent is

something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.

As a preposition adjacent is

next to; adjacent to; beside.

abutting

English

Adjective

(-)
  • That which abuts or serves as an abutment.

    • Verb

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    • adjacent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
    • Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
  • Just before, after, or facing.
    • The picture is on the adjacent page .

    Synonyms

    * (lying next to) abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near

    Antonyms

    * (lying next to) apart, distant, nonadjacent

    Related terms

    * adjacency * adjacently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
  • * 1980 , Faber Birren, The textile colorist
    • Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents .
  • * 2011 , Mark Zegarelli, ACT Math For Dummies (page 194)
    • Picking out the opposite, the adjacent , and the hypotenuse

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.
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